This is an analysis of the poem The Appeal Of The Chorus that begins with:

If A veteran author had wished to engage
Our assistance to-day, for a speech from the stage,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbbcc ddee bbffgghbhh bfafbdidbdbd jjfbXbibk XkgXXlgibibb bhllabgg bblfbkdl hhffffhX iimmbbbbgXgggff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,10,12,9,12,8,8,8,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001011001 101001101001 11111011001 101001101011 01101001001 101011001101 01101001001 01011001011 1011001001 11101010011 101001101001 001001001011 00100111001 11101111001 111011101011 111001001001 01001001001 01101101011 11001001101 1110110010010 11011111001 100110100110 01001101011 10101111001 101001001011 1111010010001 101001001011 001011101001 01110001001 01011101011 101001001001 101011011001 010001111101 110101101101 10110101111 1111010010010 010100110110 101011101101 110010110010 11011001111 10100111101 101001101001 111010011010 11011001001 101101101110 001011101101 111110011011 1111000111001 10110110010 1001111101 11001111101 1001101001 101100101100 1101011001 01011011111 01101011001 11111101001 10111011 101101001011 101001101001 001011101001 101001101001 1011001101101 01001001011 10101111101 011001011011 101101011101 00110101011 001001101011 110110011010 1101101001 11011111001 110011011010 1010010011010 101001001001 001001101101 01001011001 01001011001 111001001001 101001001001 11011 011001 110101 111001 101001 01011011001 1101 101101 11101 001010 101001 1101 1011 10110 00110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 415
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, for, he, his, of, at, with, or, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the, with, and, his are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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  • summary of The Appeal Of The Chorus;
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  • history of its creation;
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